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by gvb 10y ago
Yes. The difference is the Python compiler is not optimizing out the float() conversion, so every time it creates the value 5.0 it is calling the float() conversion on the literal "5". Different machine, so the timings are differe
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by gvb 10y ago
I did the lazy approach and let timeit pick the count. Specifying the number of loops doesn't change the result: $ python -m timeit -n 10000000 'float(5)' 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0771 usec per loop $ python -m timeit -n
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by gvb 10y ago
$ python -m timeit 'float(5)' 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0776 usec per loop $ python -m timeit '5.0' 100000000 loops, best of 3: 0.00719 usec per loop
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by gvb 10y ago
Medium is all about the content on the web site "medium.com". Wordpress is software that displays a web site's content.
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by gvb 10y ago
React comes with its own syntax to build components called JSX. In JSX you can mix up HTML and JavaScript. Additionally people often use inline styles in their elements. It is like adding CSS into the mix. This really scares me. We spent
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by gvb 10y ago
Using git with large repos and large (binary blob) files has been a pain point for quite a while. There have been several attempts to solve the problem, none of which have really taken off. I think all the attempts have been (too) proprieta
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How travel tech evolved over three decades during my three trips to Russia(recode.net)
60 points by gvb 10y ago|20 comments
578.
by gvb 10y ago
The dark side.
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by gvb 10y ago
Good information on the chain of decisions that set up Apollo 1 for the disaster: "Why Did NASA Still Use Pure Oxygen After the Apollo 1 Fire?" http://www.popsci.com/why-did-nasa-still-use-pure-oxygen-aft... (Warn
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by gvb 10y ago
Generators or alternators driven off the wheels are not free - the horse is now powering your lights as well as your wagon. The relatively high efficiency of LED lights helps a lot, but your horse still with thank you for using batteries. T
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by gvb 10y ago
I am curious what he would have done if the officer had answered "no." He never addresses that. Possibly the principle he refers is "never ask a question that will turn into a dead end (nowhere to go in the examination) if th
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by gvb 10y ago
PPS or even better "I didn't even get a Google phone screen."
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Regardless of seniority, every good manager will:(randsinrepose.com)
4 points by gvb 10y ago|0 comments
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In the auto world, risk is a tradition as old as racing(arstechnica.com)
1 points by gvb 10y ago|0 comments
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by gvb 10y ago
The Wyoming problem is miles and miles of empty land with no cell towers within reach.
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by gvb 10y ago
Saying "no" to work that you cannot do in the timeframe requested is a eminently professional response. It happens all the time in the business world. It is unprofessional to accept work that you cannot perform. > If he tel
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by gvb 10y ago
To illustrate your point, Facebook censored the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken June 8, 1972 with crying children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places. That photo violates a s
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CURL Man Page Disentangled(daniel.haxx.se)
2 points by gvb 10y ago|0 comments
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SpaceX return-to-flight slips to early January(spaceflightnow.com)
2 points by gvb 10y ago|0 comments
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Virgin Galactic returns to flight with its VSS Unity spacecraft(arstechnica.com)
2 points by gvb 10y ago|0 comments
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by gvb 10y ago
You might want to reconsider your analogy. When I was a drunk teenager at 2 in the morning fumbling around in the dark, my attention and focus was at 110%!
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Decades after Chernobyl disaster, engineers slide high-tech shelter over reactor(arstechnica.com)
4 points by gvb 10y ago|0 comments
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Russian Space Cargo Ship Destroyed in Failed Launch, Debris Burns Up(space.com)
16 points by gvb 10y ago|0 comments
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by gvb 10y ago
The title has two facts: 1. Uganda is shutting down a given set of schools. 2. The given set of schools are funded by Gates and Zuckerberg. The only thing that is arguably inaccurate is that the shutdown order is currently stayed until Dece
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by gvb 10y ago
Cost differences in the US vs. Mexican market The 2017 Tsuru MSRP is 142,600 MXN ($6,910 USD). The 2017 Versa MSRP is $11,990. Ref: * https://www.nissan.com.mx/tsuru/ * http://www.nissanusa.com/versa&#x
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Racing Drones(airspacemag.com)
2 points by gvb 10y ago|0 comments
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by gvb 10y ago
Yes, except it is all automated by UPNP https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/29/what-if-your-sec... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play#Proble...
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by gvb 10y ago
It likely comes pre-compromised. See other discussion on Kaspersky's "dodgy history".
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by gvb 10y ago
Great sweeping accusations require citations to back them up. Without any citations, the above statement is meaningless hyperbole. There are quite a few open source operating systems that you can personally verify that they protect your inf
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by gvb 10y ago
You are confusing copyright[1] (covers written works, such as source code) with design patents[2] (covers look and feel). If Elementary is infringing on Apple's patents, that would be wrong. A cursory search of OSX design patents[3] tu

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